Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

3.  In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (definitions)—

(a)after the definition “the Act of 1978” there shall be inserted—

““the Act of 1990” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;”(1);

(b)in the definition of “employing authority”—

(i)after the words “a Health Board”, there shall be inserted the words “,a Special Health Board, a National Health Service Trust”; and

(ii)after the words “the Act of 1978” there shall be inserted the words “, the Act of 1990”;

(c)after the definition of “non-participating employment” there shall be inserted—

• ““non-recurring bonus” means a payment made in recognition of performance in a particular period which—

  (a)

  falls to be paid only once in respect of that period; and

  (b)

  is an addition to the salary of an officer where either—

  (i)

  the officer is entitled to the maximum salary which is payable in respect of his post; or

  (ii)

  the officer has retired from his post before the day of payment;”; and

(d)in the definition of “remuneration” after the words “but does not include” there shall be inserted the words “any non-recurring bonus,”.